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    Re: New 2x1x1.5 Tank

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    Day 10

    Last surviving shrimp is still there... added frogbit to control the nitrate and hopefully tank will be ready soon.


    This look like root or is it worm ?
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    Re: New 2x1x1.5 Tank

    Day 11

    Suppose to add one red colour snail and end up with more other snails because the LFS accidentally packet for me.
    Last surviving shrimp still live... very tempted to add more shrimp... but i guess have to wait till the shrimp start to move on the ground..
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    Re: New 2x1x1.5 Tank

    Quote Originally Posted by bravobb View Post
    ..... i am stubborn lol.... I want to bluff myself that the tank is ready...

    I have taken out the HOF and monitor for few days and see whether still got water on the floor.
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    Day 9

    Should be the last survivor... as the ground is quiet and motionless...
    Don't worry about that, AQ have many stubborn fool who like to decive themself (you and i happen to be part of this cute lot)

    cycling fish wise, i do recommend you buy those feeder guppy/platy as their a hardy lot. Else can look out for FOC fish from culls to do the job.
    I do and still belive in normal cycling as fishless.... takes longer and my patience for that is kinda limited.

    can i ask your background is oyama or just a sheet of white opaque plastic? The air pockets are pretty annoying leh...
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    Re: New 2x1x1.5 Tank

    I also agreed the oyama background is annoying... Guess you know i never make it to the pasting of oyama job... Hahaha..

    Anyway, i intend to use the plants to cover the background.
    If not, i will use drift woods or java moss to create the background..
    But i want the bottom plants to be rooted first and stable enough to introduce more plants..
    What do you think ?
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    Re: New 2x1x1.5 Tank

    Quote Originally Posted by felix_fx2 View Post
    Don't worry about that, AQ have many stubborn fool who like to decive themself (you and i happen to be part of this cute lot)

    cycling fish wise, i do recommend you buy those feeder guppy/platy as their a hardy lot. Else can look out for FOC fish from culls to do the job.
    I do and still belive in normal cycling as fishless.... takes longer and my patience for that is kinda limited.

    can i ask your background is oyama or just a sheet of white opaque plastic? The air pockets are pretty annoying leh...
    Lucky you can do fishless cycling.. My mom just don't get fishless cycling. She will go " You pay the electricity to keep some cheap plants ah?!"

    Btw, explaning all that nitrogen cycle and what not does not help at all.

    @Bro Bravobb, soon can turn into jungle your tank haha


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    Re: New 2x1x1.5 Tank

    @Diazman,

    Jungle is one of my wish.... cross my fingers now....
    How long do you think it will take to "jungle" ?.... or maybe i need to get some moss with driftwood to get them into act .....
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    Re: New 2x1x1.5 Tank

    Think in 2 months or so. Once you trim the long growth, they will spread like wildfire.

    I abit impatient. So i using DIY C02 for my setup Will show picture soon.. now i feel it's too ugly

    but i tell you, water wisteria is a beast plant in dirt tanks, they overshadowing everything else in my tank, had to do weekly trimming :/


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    Re: New 2x1x1.5 Tank

    No matter how it looks, it is still a piece of Art... your own creation.
    Water wisteria... i am not using now... look like got potential to go wild...... if got space i will plant some....
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    Re: New 2x1x1.5 Tank

    Quote Originally Posted by diazman View Post
    Lucky you can do fishless cycling.. My mom just don't get fishless cycling. She will go " You pay the electricity to keep some cheap plants ah?!"

    Btw, explaning all that nitrogen cycle and what not does not help at all.

    @Bro Bravobb, soon can turn into jungle your tank haha
    I pay electric bills, so it's the other way round.

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    yo I'm paying bills OK mom: )

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    Re: New 2x1x1.5 Tank



    Using some $2 garden soil I got from the shop downstairs. topped with china brand gravel. Sorry about the color of the picture though, photobucket messed it up

    Plant list:

    Bacopa Caroliniana
    Bacopa Monnieri
    Hygrophilla Difformis
    E.Tenellus
    Windelov Java
    Regular Java
    Taiwan Moss
    Red tiger lotus( Behind the DW)
    crypts (credits to bro Jemswira)
    My old trusty Anubias Barteri

    The water wisteria as you can see in the pic is considered heavily trimmed. Its growing too fast the past 2 weeks. Ignore the java fern yet, they still look like crap. Waiting for them to flourish take a while...

    Also, i had the tiger lotus in the tank but i trimmed it low.. now its behind the taiwan moss covered DW but it hasnt really grew much. Grew alot of leaves yes, but none of them are growing up yet. haha

    Truth be told, the bacopa is also getting out of hand. Plant shoots up everywhere from the gravel and i had to trim them down. From the looks of it, i might have a lawn of bacopa if this keeps up hahaha!
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    Re: New 2x1x1.5 Tank

    Quote Originally Posted by felix_fx2 View Post
    I pay electric bills, so it's the other way round.

    "why you sleep again with TV turned on again?"

    yo I'm paying bills OK mom: )

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    Re: New 2x1x1.5 Tank

    Quote Originally Posted by diazman View Post


    Using some $2 garden soil I got from the shop downstairs. topped with china brand gravel. Sorry about the color of the picture though, photobucket messed it up

    Plant list:

    Bacopa Caroliniana
    Bacopa Monnieri
    Hygrophilla Difformis
    E.Tenellus
    Windelov Java
    Regular Java
    Taiwan Moss
    Red tiger lotus( Behind the DW)
    crypts (credits to bro Jemswira)
    My old trusty Anubias Barteri

    The water wisteria as you can see in the pic is considered heavily trimmed. Its growing too fast the past 2 weeks. Ignore the java fern yet, they still look like crap. Waiting for them to flourish take a while...

    Also, i had the tiger lotus in the tank but i trimmed it low.. now its behind the taiwan moss covered DW but it hasnt really grew much. Grew alot of leaves yes, but none of them are growing up yet. haha

    Truth be told, the bacopa is also getting out of hand. Plant shoots up everywhere from the gravel and i had to trim them down. From the looks of it, i might have a lawn of bacopa if this keeps up hahaha!
    All the plants looks so healthy... if you never say is real plants, i would have thought they are fake...
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    Re: New 2x1x1.5 Tank

    Day 12

    Added few more guppies since the tank look too empty.
    The picture may look fine, but if you are like me looking at the tank a metre away... you may felt that the tank like green... Is it the lighting is not strong or it is algae effects or green water effect ?
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    Re: New 2x1x1.5 Tank

    Probably it's green water algae. Not really visible from the pic though. I think the lighting is fine since the plant is stemming upwards. Add DIY c02?

    My set up nothing impressive also. If you see the tank in person, my tank water is very yellowish. (probably my own fault as i added peat together with the soil )


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    Re: New 2x1x1.5 Tank

    The greenish hue in your water could also be due to the lights shining through the frogbit's translucent leaves... in my tanks, the areas under the frogbits tend to have a slight greenish tint when the lights are on too, it gives an interesting variation of color in different parts of the tank.
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    Re: New 2x1x1.5 Tank

    Quote Originally Posted by bravobb View Post
    Day 12

    Added few more guppies since the tank look too empty.
    The picture may look fine, but if you are like me looking at the tank a metre away... you may felt that the tank like green... Is it the lighting is not strong or it is algae effects or green water effect ?
    Maybe it's the hue on frogbits since your are using LED. Don't happen to me as i using T5.

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    haha, wait till you see my mom's killer stare.
    Aye ! you make your own low tech thread la.... your tanks no matter what you say deserve their thread.

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    Re: New 2x1x1.5 Tank

    Quote Originally Posted by felix_fx2 View Post
    Maybe it's the hue on frogbits since your are using LED. Don't happen to me as i using T5.



    Aye ! you make your own low tech thread la.... your tanks no matter what you say deserve their thread.

    last time before i started paying. it is everyday, every 30mins after 12mn get nagged for using even the pc... things change when your older.
    haha aye boss, i will post later.. hahaha! the same for my mum lah! Used the comp to watch korean dramas..


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    Re: New 2x1x1.5 Tank

    Day 13

    Look like they really got poisoned...
    The last shrimp is gone, so are the 2 guppies.. (i think they are the very first batch)
    Now left the 6 guppies I introduced recently.
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    Re: New 2x1x1.5 Tank

    Another thing i realized that keeping a planted tank require daily caring....
    I have to top up water everyday... always drop half a cm... (no water leakage... just evaporation)
    If i want to go for a week of holiday... i wonder how can i manage it....
    For my other freshwater tank... i will not have any problem leaving them alone for a week... except my ray tank... not sure how long they can last without raw food...
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    Re: New 2x1x1.5 Tank

    Think the issue for the fast evaporation was due to the fan you using + the unexpected weather conditions now adays. Now that you mentioned it, I also noticed a considerable drop of water level in my tanks, had me panic checking for any leakage . I very paranoid when it comes to leaking tank.. sleeping beside the tank doesn't make me any safer lol!


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